TECH Bar Documentation Guide: User Roles for Blogs

Users can be added by blog administrators- the creator of a blog is the administrator, and she can designate other users she adds to be administrators as well.

Users are added by going to the “Users” link in the top right corner- a user must already have signed in to blogs.brynmawr.edu before they can be added to a blog.  Once added, they receive an email with an activation link.

User Roles: What they are and what they can do:

  • Administrator - Somebody who has access to all the administration features
  • Editor - Somebody who can publish posts, manage posts as well as manage other people’s posts, etc.
  • Author - Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts
  • Contributor - Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish posts
  • Subscriber - Somebody who can read comments/comment/receive news letters, etc.

[from the Wordpress Codex]

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